PORTLAND, Ore. – Edwina Cramer-Norris said she noticed her ceramic dog yard decoration had disappeared a month ago. She never thought she would see it again.

That’s the downside of having dogs, even if they’re ceramic. You know, everyone falls in love with them, especially if they’re as well behaved as the ceramic breed.

It didn’t look good, but then a break in the case occurred.

… she began getting post cards in the mail a few weeks later.

I makes one wonder if it was traveling with a Gnome. Regardless, at least it was keeping in touch.

On Sunday, Cramer-Norris said she saw a blue van leaving her driveway when she opened the front door. She found the ceramic dog in a makeshift dog house with a photo album of the dog’s many adventures.

Where oh where had her little ceramic dog gone?

Pictures showed the dog with a family in places like DisneyWorld, Graceland, the Mississippi River and New Orleans.

I love pranks, especially when they end with two new ceramic puppies for the yard.